forever will be

tbh there will be a lot of cats

[tsalala]

A young melanistic leopard in Kali Tiger Reserve, India. Photographed by Mithun Hunugund.

[vamp1rate]

sometimes i really love inaturalist

[sideiest-blog-around]

Oh this is great

[astra-the-dragon]

more highlights:

[Steller's Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri, USA]

[Knight Anole, Anolis equestris, USA]

[yet-to-be-identified fly, Phaoniinae, England]

[Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus, USA]

you, too, can contribute to the project! :3

[drachenmagier]

“Be careful when you plant lunar flowers. They often grow far beyond the expectations of the owners and you suddenly realise that your garden is in orbit instead of the other way around. And let’s NOT talk about the dragons.”

Acrylics on colour paper. :D 

[crookedtines]

maybe a dumb question, but i’m new to weaving- what tools are you using for your band weaving? i love seeing all your pattern experiments and process photos! thank you for sharing your creativity and work with us

I'm glad you've enjoyed watching me noodle around with bandweaving :) I've had a lot of fun with it! Here are all the tools that I've been using:

Slotted pick-up rigid heddles are designed to make pick-up weaving easier! The pattern warps (the ones you pick up and push down) will always float in the middle of the shed, making it easy to pick them out. I also use a regular rigid heddle. Since these heddles are often designed for table looms, they can come in larger sizes for wider bands.

Other options that would work for pick-up weaving that I haven't tried include string heddles or an inkle loom (which uses a form of string heddles). Tablet weaving cards can be used for other styles of bandweaving, but as far as I know won't work for pick-up weaving.

I use a belt to attach one end of the band to myself, and either a clip or safety pin to secure the band to the belt. Sticky notes help me keep track of what row I'm at in my pattern, but you can use whatever works for you. It's also very helpful to have a pair of sharp scissors around!

I use an Ashford Belt shuttle as my shuttle, which is great for both passing my weft through the band and beating the weft in place. You could use two different tools, but I find it super handy to have one tool that does both!

And finally, the most important material of all: yarn! You can technically use anything you'd like, but some yarns are sturdier than others, making them much easier to work with. I bought myself 8/2 cotton yarn specifically for bandweaving, and it's been working great! I've never had the yarn break on me, it's a good size, and it comes in lots of colors (plus it's cheaper than most other weaving yarns). You can find the exact type of yarn I've been using here.

[sialiasnest]

I can’t stand it

[sialiasnest]

[sialiasnest]

Look who decided to clean up his act and pose nicely today

which gets me to this:

[bealittleimprobable]

(This is why I think artists are magic. You can just put the creature in situations! Amazing.)

[thestuffedalligator]

Night Watch is a masterpiece and Hogfather will always be a personal favourite, but to me, to me, Going Postal will always be as close to perfect as a Discworld book can be. It introduces a new protagonist who immediately knocks it out of the park and establishes himself as one of the most iconic and fantastic Discworld protagonists in a pantheon of heavy hitters. He's a weasel. He's touched by divinity. He keeps getting himself into trouble because he has an unshakeable need to escalate. He's killed 2.338 people. He's apparently very attracted to women who smoke.

He's paired off against the perfect villain, his equal and opposite who has learned to cheat and swindle and con behind the language of corporate speak, "we hope and trust that our valued and loyal customers will bear with us over the coming months as we interact synergistically with changed management and our striving for excellence." It's a story about the capital-fuelled enshittification of a technology that can be good and improve the lives of thousands and how monopolies will literally strangle innovation.

It's a story about delivering a message from the dead.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[beemovieerotica]

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[fangorn-forest]

not enough secret gardens and hidden passageways and bookshelves that open to a mysterious library these days. get working on that girls.

[paperjoshi]

on it boss

[paperjoshi]

trapped in the catacombs boss

[twiststreet]

"The Fencing World Championships will introduce the "Sword Tip Visualization System." This system was developed by Japanese engineers, used at the Tokyo Olympics, and can track and display the sword tip's movement trajectory without any markers." (X)

[belbar74]

[yesterdaysprint]

Harrisburg Telegraph, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1881

[bioluminesced]

the xenomorph from alien drawn in bacterial culture on agar plates

[datadegroove-deactivated2026042]

when will they establish that "james bond" is like an intergalactic slug that possesses random british men every 5 to 15 years and uses its collected life experiences to go on spy adventures

[marlynnofmany]

#this instantly makes the entire franchise so much more fun #james bond #an animorphs Yeerk gone rogue and living his best life apparently

[berensreverie]

Spinosaurus Swimming with Fishes!

[spadefish]

[taps mic] i like when fish have a big eyeball

[spadefish]

this is the most beautiful shape for an animal to be

[stitchposts]

[make-him-crochet]

[make-him-crochet]

I am treating him well

[weepingwidar]

Jessie Homer French (American, 1940) - Castle Mountains (2016)